BOOK REVIEW
Love Jihadis by Mihir Srivastava and Raul Irani
My Review:
Reading this book is like coming out of the comfort zone after facing extreme raw reality. It was pricking, thoughtful, piercing, emotional, irritating, and comforting and left me speechless. I liked reading it. Even though it is relatively known or something that is not new, the punch lies in the way the authors narrated it. The book unveils layers like a flower. The authors describe every emotion and feeling that the people mentioned in the book underwent in such a realistic manner.
But what really is the truth behind love jihad, religious conversions, Hindutva or gau rakshaks? Why do the media carry sensational stories which provoke the communal sentiments thus leading to hostile situations? There are many incidents when media took the power into its hands, provided wrong and doctored information to gain attention and publicity but later when proved wrong have never come out and apologized or at least made a statement.
Unlike others, in this book as per the given information, facts, and factual details, the authors Mihir Srivastava and Raul Irani undertake a sincere and painstaking journey through western UP—Meerut, Deoband, Agra, Kairana, Mathura to find out the truth. The details gathered are hereby combined and presented in the book.
What to expect
This book 'Love Jihadis', pierces and digs deep into a range of interlinked issues — political, structural, and psychological — to present a nuanced analysis of the phenomenon. With changed names in the book, incidents that reveal the drift between people due to religions even in this generation mostly in the parts of Uttar Pradesh are mentioned.
How good is the author's writing style
Authors Mihir and Rahul bring out this book to show that there exist two different sides of the same place in this New India. The focus is in the state of Uttar Pradesh which has been notoriously famous for religious riots in recent times.
In the book, the authors make it very clear that the contents of the book
Book Title
Interesting and thought-provoking
Book Cover
The cover image of the book is an artistic way of representing Islam and Hinduism which is found in equal amounts in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Trishul and the sacred beads represent the religions.
Who can read the book
this book is for those readers who are courageous enough to see and understand the truth.
are not to investigate but, instead, provide an unbiased narrative of reality. It is this investigative manner the contents inside the book uncover and unveil shocking and surprising complications and traditions.
Final Verdict:
A book to read with an open and rational mind.
Rating
Final Rating: 4/5
Swapna worked as SAP Consultant for 10 years in Major IT companies. Reading has always been her passion and occasional painting her hobby. She decided to quit her job, look after the family and pursue her hobby of reading and painting in a larger way. Thus, her big leap into book reviewing has paved a way and has been successful to date. Reading challenges interest her a lot and visiting book fairs is her favorite thing. She believes that there is no good back or bad book, but only books. Writing unbiased reviews is her strength and she is appreciated by fellow reviewers and readers for the same. An anthology of musings with her paintings is her pending dream!
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